TN to vote on merit pay for teachers

4:25 AM,
Apr. 19, 2013

Tennessee Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman

Written by

Lisa Fingeroot
| The Tennessean

State officials are expected to give preliminary approval this morning to a teacher pay policy that forces each district to create a merit pay system for the 2014-15 school year.

The proposal will eliminate the most traditional and common method of pay increases solely for years of experience and advanced degrees, but gives teachers some safeguards. No teacher could earn less than he or she currently earns. Each district would be allowed to determine its own staffing needs and base a differentiated pay scale on the qualities it most needs.